Safety officials are urging Granite Staters to clear roofs of snow and dig out fire hydrants after more than a foot of snow fell Tuesday.

Safety officials are urging Granite Staters to clear roofs of snow and dig out fire hydrants after more than a foot of snow fell Tuesday.

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Updated: 12:26 PM EST Feb 19, 2014

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WEBVTT DETAILS ON HOW TO STAY SAFE WITH ALL OF THE SNOW ON THE WAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THERE IS ANOTHER SAFETY CONCERN. ANYONE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR COULD TELL YOU HUGE SNOWBANKS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO GET OUT INTO TRAFFIC. YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO EASE YOUR WAY OUT INTO TRAFFIC, BUT THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS ALL OF THIS SNOW IS CREATING. 75-YEAR-OLD HARLEY HAZE WAS CLEARING SNOW FROM HIS ROOF. HE SAYS WITH ANOTHER STORE ON THE WAY, HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE ROOF DOES NOT GET OVERLOADED, BUT HE IS ALSO DONE WITH WINTER. TIME FOR A VACATION TO HAWAII. A COUPLE OF BLOCKS OVER, JIM DOES NOT MIND. EVERY WEEK, MAINTENANCE. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. WE ARE NEW ENGLANDERS. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. SNOW CANNOT ABSORB THE MOISTURE, CREATING TOO MUCH WEIGHT. THERE IS A BASIC RULE TO FOLLOW. IF YOU HAVE OVER ONE FOOT, YOU SHOULD START TO CONSIDER GETTING IT OFF OF THEIR. THAT IS WHAT ALAN WAS DOING. FOR 40 YEARS, HE HAS BEEN CLEARING THIS ROOF AND SAYS SAFETY COMES FIRST. SLOW AND EASY, KEEP THE PILE IN FRONT OF YOU, WORK BACK OF THE ROOF, DOWN. ANOTHER SAFETY CONCERN IS FIRE HYDRANTS -- MANY BURIED UNDER MOUNDS OF SNOW HERE TO CONQUER FIREFIGHTERS HAVE SPENT THE WINTER DIGGING THEM OUT. THAT STUFF -- THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE THERE FOR YOUR PROTECTION. YOU CAN HELP THEM OUT BY CLEARING THE HYDRANT. SO, AS THE FIRE MARSHAL SAID, IF YOU CAN GRAB A SHOVEL AND MAYBE DO A LITTLE DIGGING -- THIS IS HARD WORK. FEEL FREE TO COME OUT AND HELP.

Firefighters work to clear fire hydrants

Safety officials are urging Granite Staters to clear roofs of snow and dig out fire hydrants after more than a foot of snow fell Tuesday.